octodadsetup.exe

DownloadShield

The application octodadsetup.exe by DownloadShield has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.freegamer.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DownloadShield  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9b27abd09dd88fe2c7a39b1af1c36338

SHA-1:
b01159bb25c143b4d27a5ea5b7145f0d33f84939

SHA-256:
d36afe445aa0b0177fc6e594668e8c660fbb8593f9ecb89b09c4acec6d55acb6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 12:27:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadShield.Installer (M)
15.12.30.8

File size:
241.3 KB (247,048 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\octodadsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/21/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2019 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DownloadShield, O=DownloadShield, L=San Jose, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
78070F8D972292519C0C15749BCB3808

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 12:10:25 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:i6AwgKvO5HssFDv6BtgZHbGYXwj5484rLdu:FBgHss1G2ZyYXU4f8

Entry address:
0x31E8

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 23, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, DB, 73, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, D0, 73, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 15, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 03, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7825

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file octodadsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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